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Daniel M. Glassman

Dan Glassman is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Orange County office. Dan has over 23 years of experience as a trial attorney in private practice and as in-house counsel for a 23,000 employee health system. His experience includes complex commercial litigation in the areas of health care, hospitality and leisure, commercial class actions, real estate, insurance/reinsurance, and business torts. Before joining Crowell & Moring, Dan was vice president and associate general counsel of the St. Joseph Health System, where he was the primary point of contact for six hospitals and responsible for oversight and management of all system-wide business and employment litigation. Prior to that, Dan was a litigation attorney at the Orange County office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where he litigated complex matters at all levels of state and federal court.

Representative Matters

Health Care Litigation

Won multi-week jury trial on behalf of health insurance plan relating to claim by home infusion provider seeking excessive charges for its provision of drugs to plan member. Jury returned unanimous defense verdict on breach of contract and fraud claims, after court granted directed verdict on the punitive damages claim. Verdict affirmed on appeal.

Represented insurer in defense of lawsuit seeking coverage and bad faith damages for environmental cleanup costs as a result of a consent agreement with a state agency in Nevada. After the court granted summary adjudication finding a lack of coverage for very significant portions of the claim, a favorable settlement was reached.

Represented international law firm in multiple malpractice actions brought by former clients.

Affiliations

Admitted to practice: California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California